MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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